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iotd COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 1839. WEEKLY. VOLUME 29. NUMBER 64. lie litt State PUBLISHED BY CHAItlEH SCOTT, At llireo Dollar! a yoor, InvnrtaMy In advance. Titles a v"t during the Session of the Leeiilature, and Weeks , the remainder of the ytar. JAMES ALLEN, EDITOR. Oflire on Slate Klrcet, Two dnon VVfit of llie Ctltiton hntik FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1839. DRITISH INFLUENCE. The Whigs are charged with acting under British influence, by that party, too, which has abas ed the nation at the foot of the British throne, which has meanly surrendered to British cupidity great national interests, which, craven-like, has begged of Britisli power as a favor, that which every previous Administration had boldly demanded as a right, which has purchased a British boon, at a price which this Government had before steadfastly and honorably refused to pay. The American Whigs are charged with being actuated by British feelings and imbued with British principles, ly that parly who are laboring to place in the hands of the American Executive an amount of power which no former President ever pretended to hold which England, in the palmiest days of kingly prerogative, never entrusted to her inon-archs. Let us sec upon whom facts, burning facts, brand the reality of this charge. From the time of tho Presidency of that great and good man. General Washington, the settled policy of this Government, in its trade with for eign nations, was one of reciprocity a tit for tat policy. Wo received into our ports, free of duty, the products of those nations which received our products into their ports free of duty. This was perfectly fair. This policy had been adhered to, and insisted on as a right, by all our Presidents, and our agents abroad had been instructed by all our secretaries ol SMatcto surrender not one jot or tittle of this righteous principle to any Govern. mcnt on earth. But Martin Van Burcn, regardless of the wise policy marked out and pursued by the Jcffersons, tho Madisons, Monroes, Ad amses, reckless of those great commercial inter ests upheld by the fathers of the Republic, blind to the best welfare of his country, and with an eye only to tho paltry interests of his parly, Martin Van Burcn instructed our Minister to Eng land, in adjusting the West India trade, to yield up this American principle, this right, this key to the triumph of American commerce. But this is not all. This long asserted right was stigmatized as a "pretension," an " Ameri can pretension;" and the unjust claim of Britain to impose duties on our articles entering her ports, and have her own admitted into our ports free of duty, was dignified with the namo of a " right," a "privilege extended to the people of the United Slates," and the withholding of this British right was basely attempted to be fixed as a crime upon political opponents. Never before, since the origin of our Govern-mcnt, had an American statesman been seen in a beseeching attitude before British power. Never, not even in the days of Benedict Arnold, had the American Eagle been thus dragged down at the feet of the British Linn. Never had American interests been so compromised. Through two wars we had struggled in bloody encounter with the gigantic strength of that power, and come off victorious. 1 hrotigh a long history of foreign negotiation, wo had added a lustre to American diplomacy, as bright and enduring as that shed on our arms. Hut that lustro was dimmed, the na tional honor tarnished, when tho Representative of our Government made interest at a Foreign Court fur his'party, by appearing as a suppliant. to beg what a haughty Minister of a Crown offered as " a boon." That " boon" was most graciously granted and thankfully received, mid our West India trade, of course, prostrated. In one year afterwards, American tonnago in that trado declined twenty-live per cent., wlnlo British rose nearly two thousand per cent.! The English press rung with exultation at this triumph over American diplomacy. "Tho English Government," it was said, "in concluding the treaty with that of America, have forced tho trade from American hands into those of British hip owners." And now the gluriliers of the nullior of this disgrace, the sanctioucrs of this act of national humiliation, without a blush on their brazen faces, charge all who will not uphold this Martin Van lluren and shout amen to all his misdeeds, wilh being moved by British influence and infected with British principles. Can they cuuposo it possiblo that the American people are capable of being cajoled, deluded, entrapped, by such shal low artifices! That they aro so blind, have learned so litllo of tho hypocrisy of demagogues, as to bo captivated by naked professions of de mocracy, when mado by men whoso principles and conduct smell so raukly of British Toryism! LOCOFOCO ELECTIONEERING. If wo could suppose a person utterly iudifl'er-cut lo tho welfare of llie country, and to integrity I I I- I ... mm goou morais in general, wo might suppose such person to bo very much amused nt the manner in which iho Loeofucos conduct their elec tioneering campaigns. They annually exhibit a great variety of raro and beautiful phenomena, which, lo the speculative mind, cannot fail to af ford as much insight into natural history, as could be obtained by watching any set of animals whatever.Their most remarkable characteristics are impudence and invention. They invent facts when ever they are wanted, and of courso just the kind of facts they want. These they impudently pub lish in glaring capitals, and seldom fail to accompany them wilh pious dissertations upon truth They will swear a man in or out of their ranks in a twinkling, and in either case look grave and talk with infinite gusto all about honesty, and so on. AVhen one of their leg-treasurers runs away, they swear he was a Whig. When their Loco-foco banks in Mississippi explode and fall to pieces, they swear, with tho most unblushing effrontery, it is all tho work of the Whigs. When their Locofoco shinplasters from Michigan came in upon us so plenty as to be exchanged almost bushel for bushel for potatoes, they lift up their sanctimonious visages and pronounce it horrid- fedcral-bank-whig-bluolight-blackcockade-dishon-csty. If they find an article written about their own exploded and rotten banks in Mississippi or Michigan, they republish it to show the people the state of things here. If they hear that some thing is wrong about the Bank of England, they pronounco it perfectly conclusive that something ought to be done to the banks here. If they pro mise " Reform," and after all don't find any thing that needs reform, they shout " finish tho work, finish the work." They lift up their democratic eyes in perfect terror at tho idea of credit and taxation, and then post off an agent to England to borrow money for the Stale. If they find an ar ticle in a Whig paper describing the state of tho newspaper press in France, and inferring that it is in some respects superior to our own, they cut out a few unconnected sentences and hawk them about as proof that the J I'hig parly are not in favor of tho freedom of the press. If they find that a bill for a United States Bank was once proposed which Mr. Webster would not support until it was materially altered, they quolo what he said against some particular clauses of that bill as his real sentiments with regard to all United States Banks, and then assert he has been bribed to favor banks. They get up a pet bank system, and declare it works the very best of any thing in the world. The pet bank system fails, and they turn about and say to the Whigs, " See how your plans ope-rat away with bank and slate let us have a leg-treasury." Tho Whigs oppose theleg-treasury, because they say it will expose the public money to plunder and defalcation. Tho Locofo-cos then tell the people tho Whigs oppose the bill because they arc afraid the money will be kept safely, and more particularly because defaulters will be punished ! And all this, and more, they will publish and work up into speeches, and such long sighs and horrid groans as they will give at what they call Whig dishonesty! They will out-lie the prince of darkness, and look so meek, eo pious! They love men who arc not fond of of fice, in a way that is a caution to sinners. When they ore all out of office, Lord have mercy on a a body, they wouldn't think of a salary for all the created world ! And when part of them get into oflicc, they run up their flag with a shout, crying "FINISH THE WORK!!! FINISH THE WORK!!!" VAN CL'RF.N AND A GOVERNMENT BANK OF THIRTY MILLION. The receipts and expenditures of the United States ate estimated at about thirty millions a year each, i. r. thirty millions aro received, and the same amount paid out annually. Let us suppose the Sub-Treasury in operation and all Government dues collected in hard money. A largo amount will bo piled away in New York; a largo amount in Philadelphia; a largo amount in Boston, and Baltimore, and Charleston, and New Orleans; ami small amounts scattered in Land and Post Ofliccs, and other infantile treasuries, over tho Union. Most of the expenditures of Government will bo adjusted at Washington. What then will bo the actual operation of the matter! Will tho gold and silver be carted or shipped from the places of deposite to Washington! By no means. Officers of tho Army and Navy, mail contractors, and the mighty swarms of nil sorts of functionaries who havo demands upon tho Government, will take from tho Treasury Department at Washing ton a dr.ift, or some sort of paper directing a distant Sub-Treasurer, who has cash in deposit, to pay lo tho order of such a person, or bearer, tho amount specified. Suppose tho person taking such paper lives in Missouri or Louisiana or Ohio, or in fact any where in llie Union, will ho travel from Washington, lo New York or Philadelphia or Now Orleans, or to any other place of deposite whatever, to load himself down with specie! No. lie will take his draft homo wilh him. be cause it is less dangerous and troublesome to carry than specie, mid when ho gets home he knows 10 can sell it for at least an equal nominal amount of any other kind of money in circulation. If he lives in the West, he can sell it for a premium of from 1 to 3 per cent, to merchants who have debts to pay in New York or Philadelphia or at New Orleans, and in hard times a much larger per cent-age. In this way they will pass from hand to hand, from one merchant to another, and in and out of brokers' shops, and, in short, through all departments of lifo and business. No ono will bo iinxious to return tho draft and call fur specie, because tho draft will answer every purpose of specie and will be much more safe and convenient to handle. Thus w ill tho Government spread its paper from Maine to Louisiana, und accumulate its issues from year to year as the revenue and expenses of the Government increase. There is supposed to ho not more than about sixty millions of dollars in specie in tho United States. Thirty millions of this, according lo iho above estimate, will bo used for Government purposes llie moment specie is demanded for all Government dues, or to say llie least possible amount, twenty millions. Now, if iho Government expenses increase in futuro as fast as ihey have since Gen. Jackson came into power, how long will it be before iho Government will control all iho specie In the country and fill the channels of business with Government paper! BLAB-DEMOCRATS. There is a class of the human species whose nature seems to be better signified by the above appellation than by any other we can think of. They are a set of salaried loafers and blackguards, speech deliverers and squib makers, who hang about public places to retail dirty political slanders, and to claim fellowship with any other loafers whose votes they can expect lo gain by uni ting in their obscencness and vulgarity. They also multiply themselves in cases of emergency, and appear before decent andjionest people, disguising their characters and motives in the language of patriotism. They shift, like weathercocks, from one set of principles to another sup porting all by turns, and nothing long. They at ono tiino favor tho "recharter of a National Bank wilh restrictions;" at another, they oppose any National Bank whatever. At one lime they are fur a league of the Government with pet banks, anil anon they oppose that, and take to alcg-lrea-Miry Government Bank. Nothing is too absurd for them to support nothing too sacred to abandon. They keen the public records by expung ing them, and keep the public money by running away with it. Notoriety is their aim, and they gain it by breeding private disturbances and pub ic dissenlions. Office is their object, and they secure it by bargaining and falsehood. They call themselves democrats, but they are not like thoso who used to bo known as democrats when iho word had a meaning. Tho old democracy was a democracy of principle, a calm, sober, de liberate, patriotic democracy: it was distinguished for constancy and good faith. The modern self-named democracy lacks all these characteristics: they have no distinguishing traits but recklessness, rant, and pretension. If called democrats at all, the name should bo accompanied with a prefix to signify the kind of democrats meant Blaii-pkmocuats. DEFALCATION'OK TIKIS. ARMSTRONG, LATE FEDERAL TREASURER OF LOGAN COUNTY. A lengthy article appears in the last licllifuntaine Gazelle mid is republished villi a magnificent parade of words, by way of einbclli.-hmcnt, in last evening's Juurnnl attempting to exculpate tho lain Federal Treasurer of that county from the charge of dishones. ly. and attributing the whole difficulty lo iho official mismanagement of Mr. linviN, eililor of this paper, dining his administration of the officii of Slate Auditor. As Mr. Bryan will be again at his post before tbn issue of another number, wo (the pro lem. editor) shall refrain from any notice of the subject, further limn to Bay, that knowing an important part of t lie talo to be untrue, we presume the whole story will be proved totally and federally false llulldin. Any way you choose to fix it, gentlemen. Mr. Bryan's pro lem presumes "the whole story can be proved totally and federally false;" and if so, then Mr. Brough has got to bear the brunt of the " Federal" falsehood, if any there be. It is distinctly stated in tho Bellcfontaine Gazette that Mr. Brough "expressly charged" the blitn-tiering upon Mr. Bryan and cxoncrutetl MrArin- stroii". Tho "whole story" is now between the two massy worthies who have had tho control of the State Auditor's oflicc for the last seven years. We shall follow the conliovcrsy up, and give our readers Iho tackings and wheelings, the twistings and turnings of the functionaries to turn tho blame upon as honest a man as ever drew breath in Logan county. Query If Mr. Armstrong is " exonerated" from iho charge of being a defaulter, will the editor of the Statesman do him the justice lo retract tho charge he has made against him! Wc shall see. BRING OUT THE LIST. The Statesman says " Wo shall give, some of these days, a whole list of those Whig defaulters, with tlay and date and amount, fcc. &c." Wo say bring out the list, and perhaps it can be shown that tho defalcation will not lodge on tho shoulders of tho County Treasurers. Bring out the list. Bring it out, wo say. We want tho people of Ohio to see Iho cream of the joke, in relation lo thoso defaulters. Don't back out now. There is no British influence in this business. The people must sec llie list! (ly Tho federal papers throughout this Slate seem to have a peculiar spito at tho Statesman. Nothing; seems loo vile or meau for them to hunt up and pub-lull. Statesman. Perhaps there is no creature extant who has more cause to bo annoyed by having things hunt- td up and published than ho of tin) Statesman. The more you hunt up and publish about an hon est man tho better he likes it; but when a person thinks nothing " loo vile" lo do, it annoys him extremely lo havo his nclions afterwards hunted vp and published. The thing is magnifying its con- sequence overmuch by supposing itself iho object of peculiar spito. No ono will deny, however, that it excites peculiar loathing and disgust in the minds of most persons who have regard for the decencies of life. The Statesman, speaking of tho Locofoco nomination in Pickaway county, says : "On. Morgan, of Circleville, was also a candidate hefi'M the cmiveniinn, but unlike a Democrat of this count V, will cordially submit lo tho nomination. If this is not strictly adhered In, noiniunlions are useless, and all confidence in men is nt an end. That man who will lic-l trust his fellow citizens should not be misled by them. This is fair, certainly." Oh, ho, Mr. Saunders, do you tako tho dig intended in this modest cxlract. " That man who will not trust his fellow citizens, should not ho trusted by thcni " or in other words, because you think proper to take an independent course, your hone-sly is suspected. Well, ibis is an unkind cut, but you and tho crack democrat of the Statesman for it. We merely ask for information. How is it! Iu former years, under the eternal bank Blang sys tem, it was tho practice of tho loco focos to casl up to candidates, (if they wcro such,) that ihey were bank borrowers. This year ihey arc niuin, but have changed the war cry to "contractors!" contractors'!" Ta it because Samuel Medarv I,..- h i... !. f'mn,nr!l Tt.,,1, r.P " ce.u... " " iiiiciimau, uiai llie oiu war-wuuiip nag cuaseu iu be hoard by tho ears of tho faithful and echoed through "the tall and slender hickory saplings" of Ohio! It smells like it really. COLUMBUS CITY BAND. The Band gives a Concert ibis evening, in the State House. They honored our editorial self with a serenade, last night, that left us dreaming until morning, of Arcadian groves and celestial harps. We con reciprocate their charming compliment in no better fashion than by wishing them a crowded auditory ibis evening. Mr. Starko, their instructor, has arranged for them a magnificent programme of the most new and fashionable pieces. THE REPUBLIC. Our predecessor of tho State Journal, and recently editor of tho Middlctown Mail, has, in conjunction with our friend, Mr. Halsey, purchased the Springfield Pioneer, and changed its title to that of "The Republic." We are glad to welcome our friend, Mr. Gallagher, in the lists of Whig editors. While conducting the "Mail" he perpiittcd his giant energies to slumber in an inglorious neutrality. He has awakened from li is slothful dream, and is now doing his devoir on tho crests of the Locofoco knights, with a gallantry that docs our heart good. CINCINNATI REPUBLICAN. Mr. Bradbury has retired from the Republican, and James II. Looker, its veteran publisher, has again resumed its direction. It is printed, if possible, more neatly than ever, and jts editorials bear the impress of a mind of no ordinary character. In polities, it is Whig, and advocates the nomination of Gen. Harrison for the Presidency. ARRIVAL VF THE LIVERPOOL. Tho foreign intelligence, brought by the Liver pool, is of much interest. Cotton had advanced in price id per lb. in tho Liverpool market on the 29th July. This item may serve to keep up the spirits of the American exporters. Q"A misprint was made in the last Journal. The league of " Government and Banks" spoken of, was mado by General Jackson's administration and not by the present Administration al though it wa3 done by tho same parly, a part of which now rules. For tlia Ohio State Journal. Mr. Eni-roa: A Pioneer of ths West, a citizen of Territorial limes, asks the privilege of your columns to express satisfaction with the nominations of the late Whig Convention, at Columbus. Our friends, who take tho deepest inlerest in tho prosperity of the county and State, may feel assured, that the selections have been mado under tho guidance of sound judg ment and correct principles; and, without detracting from the merits of Ihe nominees for other offices, as there is much cause to approve, tho selections for tho Senate and House of Representatives aro peculiarly happy. Sumo may think, perhaps, that Franklin county should supply tho Senator for the next term. But what, let mo ask, could any citizen of this cnunly have done fur tho interest of tho county of his residence, cr the great interests of the public, that Gen. Crcen has omitted! Nothing, fellow citizens of Franklin, nothing! Talents of a hjh order, industry, and influence, beyond what could have Iwea oipected from n member in the minority, were faithfully employed to promote every worthy object committed to his care. Such, in deed, was the correctness o( his course, as a gentle man and a statesman, and that course so generally known, and such his present experience, we may safe ly assume, that no oilier person could have been named, under existing circumstances, to the greater satisfaction of the friend of Whig principles in tho district. Iu regard to Ihe Representative candidate, litllo need he said to the peoplo of Franklin county. Although not experienced in tho f,rnu of legislation, Captain Buckley Comstock is known to all, as a practical tiusi- ticssmnnol the fust order, that his occupations have been various, in many a wide field of labor and enter prise, and all pursued to effect wilh sound discretion. And while, by Ihe most persevering efforts and strict economy, combined wilh generosity, he has gradually collected an ample estate for himself and numerous family which ho is raising to business and honor, I disparage no one vise, of many excellent men of our county, in saying that none has dons more, if so much, to assist tho community in their advances to conveniences, wealth and happiness. Hu understands well iho bearings. of public measures on local and private interests; and his votes in the General Assem bly, if elected lo that station, will, like his other acts, result to his own honor and the good of Ihe people. SHARON. Franklin Co., -?uA'. 80M, For tlic CAM Flnle Jourtml. Mn. Andiiew McElvain: Wo perceive in your communication to "Many Mo-chanics" among many things which are of no con sequence, being vagno generalities, tho truth of which nobody controverts, und which mean any thing or nothing, according to circumstances, yuu go on to say: " And should it please tho electors of the Senatorial district, composed of the counties of Pickaway ami Franklin, to promote mo to Iho office of Senator in tho General Assembly of Ohio, nothing will ho more consistent with my feelings, than to bo nhlu to relieve, in somo way or oilier, tho burdens that oppress tho mechanical interests of Iho Slate, of w hich " many mechanics" complain, as well as those of any oilier class." Mr. McElvain, nobody know, belter .ban yourself how much pains havo been taken lo gull us by tho mA ow ,11)t ist uf ', defalcations which .Statesman and Bulletin, and lo flattor u lo voto with has been laid hefuro tho American people, and enter- ihem. Wo nro not lo bo trilled with in this manner, lain a doubt ihallaruo sums oflheso deficits have been Wo respectfully ask of you what you will do, and ',,;J U". cIvclioiieeriuB purposes! Do you suppose, 1 ' f " fellow-citizens, that tho powers al oshinglun would what you mean lo say! hat sort of low do you ,,ave willk() peculations if no portion of the propose to pass! Wo desire to havo something more money had been devoted to tho service of tho party! definilo limn that it will bo "consistent with your Impossible A reasonablo porliun of iho money, in feelings" to do something "in some way or other." V' i."s"",cn' M T ""t ," '""'y "n o lionoering purposes. I'poa no other terms would thoso We earnestly ask yuu lo come out and slato your dufauU 'havo been so long relaincd. This is an plan in a plain understandable manner as you would implied simulation which has, no doubt, been faith-do if we should meet you In the street or work shop, fully complied with in every iiislince. We do not wish to treat you wilh disrespect or unwar rantable suspicion, but we have lately seen too many aticmpis ai incaerv, noi 10 oe on our guaro. .!, . . t J mm mi, Mr.-nil,iv IPS. For tlio Oiilo State Journal. Are yuu there oli Truepenny? Tho Locofocos are at their old game in Franklin county. Year be fur o last they expected to humbug a majority of the people into Oie belief that they would be eaten up, body, hat, breeches and shoes, by the Dunks, if they did not support one of the McElvain family for tho Senate. This game failed and last year another of the McElvain family was up for Congress, and Ihey were told that if they continued to support caucus nominations, they would bo completely under the thumbs of a few na bobs in Colu'nbus. This ruse was nullified and this year another of the McElvain family yes, wo believe Iwo or three of ll-.pni nro on the track for offices, and a new game, is to work their salvation if it is possible to succeed by it. Great lovo is to be expressed for iho mechanics, and great horror shown to Iho Penitentiary system. This is all right that a change is necessary in the Penitentiary system to protect the in terests of the mechanics, wc have no doubt, lo the Whig mechanics ws put those questions. Do you think you can find a man in the District who is more competent lo make known your complaints and de fend your interests, ilia" John L. Green t Wears sure there is not. Would Buckley Comstock, a man whom you know favorably, for his industry and enter-piise, would ho desert your interest! No, ho will be a faithful friend, and go as far to redress your wrongs as any other man in llin county. To those who aro Itimcit in their opposition to ihe Penitentiary system, wo throw out these questions for consideration. I hose who aro professing friendship fur the mechanics, to make political eapilal out of it, will pursue their unholy deceptions, though the Heavens should fall. Defeat, however, will crown their elforts. WORKIE. Cm.. Asimsw McElvaih. .Sir; As the policy of chartering a State Dank by our Legislature next winter, is being agitated in different parts of tho State, will you please inform iho public whether or no you are in favor of such on institution, and oblige, MANY VOTERS. Tot V. c Oiilo Btiito Journal. Stick a pin tiikhe. Tho Confederate publishes s letter said to have been written by one of iho "earliest and most steadfast" friends of iho Van Duren party, in which is contained the following : " A man who will advocate, for ever so small an of fice, an immoral person, is not a Democrat." Did Ihe Confederate mean by this to give an indi rect thrust at the Locofico caucus candidate fur Rep resentative in this county! Pray nh.il will Mr. Backus think of his chance, when his friends ud va cate such sentiments! Ql LUIS Y, For tlie Oiilo Bute Juuruit. Mn. Eoitoii: I find, in the Cincinnati Gazette of the 7th Inst., commended hytheeditnrto public notice, the following extract from tho lli-llefuutainc Gazette: I learn, from Ilia Auditor of Slate, that Mr. Ham mond's statements were taken from the reports of iho Canal r und Commissioners, an'l !lr. IMce s Irom the reports of the Hoard of Public orks: nnd that the rc- pints of the two Hoard differ just as the statements of Mr. Hammond and .Mr. 1 rice. J lie Mam Audllor.aiso, nforins mo that he has no means of ascertaining which of tho statements U correct. This shows tho glorious uncertainty and confusion in which the financial affairs of the State are involved." The "statements." in mv notico of a latfl article in ths Cincinnati Gazelle, are derived from Iho annual report of tho late Buard of Canal Vummissiuneri, dated January, 1S3D. 1 thought the article, upon which I commented, furnished quite conclusive inter nal evidence that llie sainedoeuni -nt had been used ny the writer also; but confusion and uncertainty may, it seems, involve, fuels, as well as "alfairs." For iho purpose of reducing confusion to order, and extracting certainty from uncertainty, reference to documentary evidence, in a matter of general interest, will probably prove quite as sure, nnd as satisfactory lo the pub lic, as relerence to hearsay and nir. inumnond is, perhaps, as well informed as any other person, concerning the sourco of Iho statements, in his "exposition."Ho having endorsed, bv republishing wi hnut dis sent or qualification, tho averment that tho reports of the two Hoards miter just as liissiutcmtnls and mine, and that his were taken from report of the ('anal Fund Commissioners, .air. Hammond will, perhaps, conclude that public opinion, even if it adopts ids own moderate estimate of thn value of hisstntemeuls, will acquit him of descending from the dignity of his position, should ho designate the specific official re ports ol the i' und i.nmmissioncrs wiin n auinuriz.' ins statement in Ihe Dellefnntaine Gazette, and in which his own statements of expenditures on Iho Public Works may be found. I'ho publio can then an and judge for themselves in a mailer concerning w hull they have an Interest In being correctly miormeii. w. it, riui. r,. From ttift Trojr invcitinlor ind Eijioillor. THE CAMPAIGN OF IC39. It nnshl not, nnd indeed cannot he disguised, that the Whigs of Ohio havo no slack or buy effort to make, if they will win back lo the banner of ihe constitution tho great Siala of Ohio, ot ths nppronching fall contest. This desirable object ran nuly he elTect-ed by a persevering and mighty etf.irl, in which, eve ry man WHO is not nil iliu enemy, suuil uu mis utmost toelVccithcir overthrow. The parly In b overcome, havo many decided nnd iinporiaul advantages over their opponents. In I lie first place, they nro under the niul exact and perfect discipline. 1 lie trained le- Igions of Cu'sar or of Alexander wcro not nioro obedient lo their respective commanders, than ihe rank and file of Ihu party seem lo ho lo tho commands ol their leaders. Throughout the entire ranks of that formidable party, there reigns tho most profound and (lo their reflecting opponents,) startling harmony. Nut a singln dissention not a jar not a whisper of disalVeclion is iu lie red to disturb the rem likable union lint prevails amongst them, indeed ll seems as though tho entire mass, which composo Iho rank and file of this party, havo submitted their consciences and iheir judgments, in all poliiical mailers, wholly to the keeping of llieir political leaders. A parly, formidable, by reason of numbers alone, w hich is thus blindly submissive to the arbitrary sway ol a band of olliee-hohling desperadoes, whose opinions are moulded and hannoniied.nnd whose actions are dictated and controlled by one common interest und feeling, that of preserving their pluces, perpetuating llieir power, is without denial, not to bneasily overcome. Again, this party derives vast sd vantage ovcrmeir '1 Zt Hi. And again, they havo the advantage of being flushed wilh recent victory. They routed the Whig parly at the fall election of 1838, horse, foot, and dragoon and havo an apparent majority over their opponents of some six thousand voles. Here, then, are union, money, apparent superiority of numbers, and the high impulse of recent victory all on their Side. Such are our enemies such their advantages. And with such an enemy before us, ought we to be too secure of aa easy victory. We say to you, fellow citizens, if we carry the Stato, wo mii6t fight for it. But notwithstanding we havo a formidable enemy, we havo no occasion to despair. We have one advantage over them, which, if wsll exercised, must secure us the victory. This advantage consists in the power of truth over corruption of right principles over wrong of the constitution and laws over ths subterfuges and evasions of convicted plunderers and faithless servants. In short, we have, In the recent exposures of iho oor-rosriondenea in iho Treasury Department, convicted tho parly of tho most gross and flagrant corruptions of which any parly, in any ago or country, wore over con victed. ithoiit gutng further into an investigaiion of the conduct of the party, we may safely take our sinnd here, and pointing to the enormous robberies de tected in this correspondence and nxea upon ine administration, nailed down upon them rivetted to their escutcheon implicating every department, from ths I." ........... J ,..l. .,a i.l. .. .Iiillni ll.a virtuous of their party to ultera single word inextenua- tion or defence. Let every Whig arm himself with the documents containing these alarming disclosures and take the field, not for the purpose of vociferating and wrangling with Iho leaders or the party, but lor tho purpose of convincing, if possible, Ihoso of the party who are accessible to the reason and demonstration of these documents that their public servants are no longer worthy of the confidence which is reposed in them that they have become corrupt, and that their patriotism and love of oounlry, if ever they possessed any, aro lost and swallowed up in their love of power and place, and their thirst for the people's gold. With thoso documents alone, Ihe victory can be won. As to Ihe small apparent majority with which the State was carried against the Whigs last fall, there is nothing in that which should dishearten us. Who cannot see that inhere can he brought to ths polls some half dozen Whigs in each township in the State, more than were broughtout last tall, the bints will again be redeemed from tho thraldom of Van Uuroniiml And who does not know that by a manly effort this can b effected! Hut if we will bring back the State to ths Whig ranks, wo must bo united. We have seen how compact and firm Ihe forces. of Ihe enemy are. To enter the field ai'ainst such opponents, with our forces divi ded by factions, and distracted by prejudices and partialities in favor of Ibis man and of that, wo must inevitably sutler discomfiture and defeat. We would not desiro to sec every w lug yield the keeping ol his conscience and his judgment to a set of parly leadors as the Vanitcs seem to nave done, but wo would have them so far suppress ths spirit of disaffection and disunion ns will enable us to present a firm and unbroken front to tho enemies of the constitution. The people, as distinguished from those who set themselves up for knowing ones and leaders, we are sure, are willing to give their united and hearty opposition lo the Van lluren party; and if our editors and leading politicians will cease Iheir clamors about thn chances of Clay and Harrison, and cordially uniting amongst themselves, will cultivate henceforward, a spirit of compromise and harmony among tho people, urging upon them in the mean lime the necessity of a universal turn out iu thu polls, we may expect to redeem the State. Indeed, we cannot fail. 'I'ho idea of these men quarrelling and wrangling at this lime, among themselves, ns to who shall have the State, reminds us forcibly of an anecdote that is related of our distinguished Col. Ethan Allen, of the revolutionary army. Col. A., it will be recollected, was, in Ihe onrly part of ihe war, nisdo prisoner by the British, and token to Loudon. Whilst there, on agent of the British ministry invited him to a privato conference. Taking the Col. into a room where no one was present but them-selves, llie minister spread out before him a map of ihe New England Colonial, and tracing out some one or two of ihe largest and richest of them, he says to the Colonel, " Do you lee, Mr. Allen, the district of country which 1 havo traced out I "loo, said the Colonel. "Well," continued the minister, "I am authorized to slate, that if you will accept of the office of Brigadier General in His Majesty's army go over and aid in subduing llie rebels, you shall bo made Governor of this district "f country. I make you this offer on the authority of my master, the king." Col. Allen made no immediate reply, but quietly folding his arms and looking demurely at the minister, after about a minute's pauso, he said, "I am a plain man, and havo read but fow books, but you may tell your master for me, that his proposal reminds me of an anecdote w hich I once rend in an old-fashioned book called, I believe, the Bible, in which it is related that one individual took another up into an exceeding high mountain, and pointing out to him all Ihe kingdoms of ihe earth, said to him, now, sir, if you will fall down and worship me, I will givo you all these kingdoms lor your ow n and at Iho same lime, Ihe poor devil making this fine offer, did not own a foot of land in tho whole world." The application of this anecdote is easy; it illustrates tho folly of our eternal wrangling about a candidate for the Presidency. Our motto is "principles, not men." Let us live up to it in action husli our inurmuiings, and buckle on our armor for the strife. Let us, at any rale, first make Ihe Stale a Whig State, and then it will bo time enough to bestow it upon the candidate of our choice. Let every man from this tuno forih think of nothing but war wilh our opponents, and ol devising measures for bringing lothe polls al ihe approaching election every voter who is opposed to tho misrule of the corrupt dynasty which has so long rioted oil Ihe treasures of llie people. from ttit Olde Siauamsa. bv aioccsT or MR. SAUtintaa. Aurit-M-i, Jug tut 13, 1839. FmsxD Mdbv, Sir : After mature reflection, I have come to the determination lo beennu t candidate fr the Legislature (at Ihe county of Franklin, at the nexi session, i ne act is priny own ires will, lour last Convention, w hich 1 did not enter, showed but litllo respect for me, after having fought, for Ihe last two years, faithfully as man could do reducing the opposition parly from a roajeriiy of from 0 to 700 to l.3. In 1437, my poll was I3jl); in 1838, itwai 1G74. It really seems that victory was about lo perch uport our party, huulial it could not he permitted lo perch upon the old soldier who had fought the battles for thirty years. I leave Iho matter for Ilia people lo decide. Your obedient servant, MIMvli:LL SAUNDERS. N. B. I wish you to publish lbs above communication in each of your pax-ri. If any person wishes to know my reasons fur thus acting, ihey can have Ihem by seeing me at any lime. Please also insert my name as a candidate for Iho next ensuing election for Iho cuuuty of Franklin. MISKELL SAUNDERS. MEETING OF THE PEOPLE ON SATURDAY NEXT. Vu the Editor ' fe Ohio State Journal) Sir: Dy iho authority of upwards of three hundred mechanics and labeling men in Columbus, and many farmers in iho county, you aro respectfully requested to stato in your next paper, thai Saturday next Iho 2lih instant, at 3 o'clock P. M. is the day and hour appointed fur a meeting of THE PEOPLE of Franklin county, al Ihe Court Home in Columbus, Ihe object of which is to nominate a ticket independent of cither of the caucuses. Of courso, advocates of the Caucus nomination will take no pari in ths proceedings. THE PEOPLE. MAHItlKD, In tliW tllr oa la 20tH led., by Thomu Wool, Eaq., Mr. At.F.XANDKR II. KKI.LOliU.to Mia M ARY ANN IIULl , ill of ihli til.

iotd COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 1839. WEEKLY. VOLUME 29. NUMBER 64. lie litt State PUBLISHED BY CHAItlEH SCOTT, At llireo Dollar! a yoor, InvnrtaMy In advance. Titles a v"t during the Session of the Leeiilature, and Weeks , the remainder of the ytar. JAMES ALLEN, EDITOR. Oflire on Slate Klrcet, Two dnon VVfit of llie Ctltiton hntik FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1839. DRITISH INFLUENCE. The Whigs are charged with acting under British influence, by that party, too, which has abas ed the nation at the foot of the British throne, which has meanly surrendered to British cupidity great national interests, which, craven-like, has begged of Britisli power as a favor, that which every previous Administration had boldly demanded as a right, which has purchased a British boon, at a price which this Government had before steadfastly and honorably refused to pay. The American Whigs are charged with being actuated by British feelings and imbued with British principles, ly that parly who are laboring to place in the hands of the American Executive an amount of power which no former President ever pretended to hold which England, in the palmiest days of kingly prerogative, never entrusted to her inon-archs. Let us sec upon whom facts, burning facts, brand the reality of this charge. From the time of tho Presidency of that great and good man. General Washington, the settled policy of this Government, in its trade with for eign nations, was one of reciprocity a tit for tat policy. Wo received into our ports, free of duty, the products of those nations which received our products into their ports free of duty. This was perfectly fair. This policy had been adhered to, and insisted on as a right, by all our Presidents, and our agents abroad had been instructed by all our secretaries ol SMatcto surrender not one jot or tittle of this righteous principle to any Govern. mcnt on earth. But Martin Van Burcn, regardless of the wise policy marked out and pursued by the Jcffersons, tho Madisons, Monroes, Ad amses, reckless of those great commercial inter ests upheld by the fathers of the Republic, blind to the best welfare of his country, and with an eye only to tho paltry interests of his parly, Martin Van Burcn instructed our Minister to Eng land, in adjusting the West India trade, to yield up this American principle, this right, this key to the triumph of American commerce. But this is not all. This long asserted right was stigmatized as a "pretension," an " Ameri can pretension;" and the unjust claim of Britain to impose duties on our articles entering her ports, and have her own admitted into our ports free of duty, was dignified with the namo of a " right," a "privilege extended to the people of the United Slates," and the withholding of this British right was basely attempted to be fixed as a crime upon political opponents. Never before, since the origin of our Govern-mcnt, had an American statesman been seen in a beseeching attitude before British power. Never, not even in the days of Benedict Arnold, had the American Eagle been thus dragged down at the feet of the British Linn. Never had American interests been so compromised. Through two wars we had struggled in bloody encounter with the gigantic strength of that power, and come off victorious. 1 hrotigh a long history of foreign negotiation, wo had added a lustre to American diplomacy, as bright and enduring as that shed on our arms. Hut that lustro was dimmed, the na tional honor tarnished, when tho Representative of our Government made interest at a Foreign Court fur his'party, by appearing as a suppliant. to beg what a haughty Minister of a Crown offered as " a boon." That " boon" was most graciously granted and thankfully received, mid our West India trade, of course, prostrated. In one year afterwards, American tonnago in that trado declined twenty-live per cent., wlnlo British rose nearly two thousand per cent.! The English press rung with exultation at this triumph over American diplomacy. "Tho English Government," it was said, "in concluding the treaty with that of America, have forced tho trade from American hands into those of British hip owners." And now the gluriliers of the nullior of this disgrace, the sanctioucrs of this act of national humiliation, without a blush on their brazen faces, charge all who will not uphold this Martin Van lluren and shout amen to all his misdeeds, wilh being moved by British influence and infected with British principles. Can they cuuposo it possiblo that the American people are capable of being cajoled, deluded, entrapped, by such shal low artifices! That they aro so blind, have learned so litllo of tho hypocrisy of demagogues, as to bo captivated by naked professions of de mocracy, when mado by men whoso principles and conduct smell so raukly of British Toryism! LOCOFOCO ELECTIONEERING. If wo could suppose a person utterly iudifl'er-cut lo tho welfare of llie country, and to integrity I I I- I ... mm goou morais in general, wo might suppose such person to bo very much amused nt the manner in which iho Loeofucos conduct their elec tioneering campaigns. They annually exhibit a great variety of raro and beautiful phenomena, which, lo the speculative mind, cannot fail to af ford as much insight into natural history, as could be obtained by watching any set of animals whatever.Their most remarkable characteristics are impudence and invention. They invent facts when ever they are wanted, and of courso just the kind of facts they want. These they impudently pub lish in glaring capitals, and seldom fail to accompany them wilh pious dissertations upon truth They will swear a man in or out of their ranks in a twinkling, and in either case look grave and talk with infinite gusto all about honesty, and so on. AVhen one of their leg-treasurers runs away, they swear he was a Whig. When their Loco-foco banks in Mississippi explode and fall to pieces, they swear, with tho most unblushing effrontery, it is all tho work of the Whigs. When their Locofoco shinplasters from Michigan came in upon us so plenty as to be exchanged almost bushel for bushel for potatoes, they lift up their sanctimonious visages and pronounce it horrid- fedcral-bank-whig-bluolight-blackcockade-dishon-csty. If they find an article written about their own exploded and rotten banks in Mississippi or Michigan, they republish it to show the people the state of things here. If they hear that some thing is wrong about the Bank of England, they pronounco it perfectly conclusive that something ought to be done to the banks here. If they pro mise " Reform," and after all don't find any thing that needs reform, they shout " finish tho work, finish the work." They lift up their democratic eyes in perfect terror at tho idea of credit and taxation, and then post off an agent to England to borrow money for the Stale. If they find an ar ticle in a Whig paper describing the state of tho newspaper press in France, and inferring that it is in some respects superior to our own, they cut out a few unconnected sentences and hawk them about as proof that the J I'hig parly are not in favor of tho freedom of the press. If they find that a bill for a United States Bank was once proposed which Mr. Webster would not support until it was materially altered, they quolo what he said against some particular clauses of that bill as his real sentiments with regard to all United States Banks, and then assert he has been bribed to favor banks. They get up a pet bank system, and declare it works the very best of any thing in the world. The pet bank system fails, and they turn about and say to the Whigs, " See how your plans ope-rat away with bank and slate let us have a leg-treasury." Tho Whigs oppose theleg-treasury, because they say it will expose the public money to plunder and defalcation. Tho Locofo-cos then tell the people tho Whigs oppose the bill because they arc afraid the money will be kept safely, and more particularly because defaulters will be punished ! And all this, and more, they will publish and work up into speeches, and such long sighs and horrid groans as they will give at what they call Whig dishonesty! They will out-lie the prince of darkness, and look so meek, eo pious! They love men who arc not fond of of fice, in a way that is a caution to sinners. When they ore all out of office, Lord have mercy on a a body, they wouldn't think of a salary for all the created world ! And when part of them get into oflicc, they run up their flag with a shout, crying "FINISH THE WORK!!! FINISH THE WORK!!!" VAN CL'RF.N AND A GOVERNMENT BANK OF THIRTY MILLION. The receipts and expenditures of the United States ate estimated at about thirty millions a year each, i. r. thirty millions aro received, and the same amount paid out annually. Let us suppose the Sub-Treasury in operation and all Government dues collected in hard money. A largo amount will bo piled away in New York; a largo amount in Philadelphia; a largo amount in Boston, and Baltimore, and Charleston, and New Orleans; ami small amounts scattered in Land and Post Ofliccs, and other infantile treasuries, over tho Union. Most of the expenditures of Government will bo adjusted at Washington. What then will bo the actual operation of the matter! Will tho gold and silver be carted or shipped from the places of deposite to Washington! By no means. Officers of tho Army and Navy, mail contractors, and the mighty swarms of nil sorts of functionaries who havo demands upon tho Government, will take from tho Treasury Department at Washing ton a dr.ift, or some sort of paper directing a distant Sub-Treasurer, who has cash in deposit, to pay lo tho order of such a person, or bearer, tho amount specified. Suppose tho person taking such paper lives in Missouri or Louisiana or Ohio, or in fact any where in llie Union, will ho travel from Washington, lo New York or Philadelphia or Now Orleans, or to any other place of deposite whatever, to load himself down with specie! No. lie will take his draft homo wilh him. be cause it is less dangerous and troublesome to carry than specie, mid when ho gets home he knows 10 can sell it for at least an equal nominal amount of any other kind of money in circulation. If he lives in the West, he can sell it for a premium of from 1 to 3 per cent, to merchants who have debts to pay in New York or Philadelphia or at New Orleans, and in hard times a much larger per cent-age. In this way they will pass from hand to hand, from one merchant to another, and in and out of brokers' shops, and, in short, through all departments of lifo and business. No ono will bo iinxious to return tho draft and call fur specie, because tho draft will answer every purpose of specie and will be much more safe and convenient to handle. Thus w ill tho Government spread its paper from Maine to Louisiana, und accumulate its issues from year to year as the revenue and expenses of the Government increase. There is supposed to ho not more than about sixty millions of dollars in specie in tho United States. Thirty millions of this, according lo iho above estimate, will bo used for Government purposes llie moment specie is demanded for all Government dues, or to say llie least possible amount, twenty millions. Now, if iho Government expenses increase in futuro as fast as ihey have since Gen. Jackson came into power, how long will it be before iho Government will control all iho specie In the country and fill the channels of business with Government paper! BLAB-DEMOCRATS. There is a class of the human species whose nature seems to be better signified by the above appellation than by any other we can think of. They are a set of salaried loafers and blackguards, speech deliverers and squib makers, who hang about public places to retail dirty political slanders, and to claim fellowship with any other loafers whose votes they can expect lo gain by uni ting in their obscencness and vulgarity. They also multiply themselves in cases of emergency, and appear before decent andjionest people, disguising their characters and motives in the language of patriotism. They shift, like weathercocks, from one set of principles to another sup porting all by turns, and nothing long. They at ono tiino favor tho "recharter of a National Bank wilh restrictions;" at another, they oppose any National Bank whatever. At one lime they are fur a league of the Government with pet banks, anil anon they oppose that, and take to alcg-lrea-Miry Government Bank. Nothing is too absurd for them to support nothing too sacred to abandon. They keen the public records by expung ing them, and keep the public money by running away with it. Notoriety is their aim, and they gain it by breeding private disturbances and pub ic dissenlions. Office is their object, and they secure it by bargaining and falsehood. They call themselves democrats, but they are not like thoso who used to bo known as democrats when iho word had a meaning. Tho old democracy was a democracy of principle, a calm, sober, de liberate, patriotic democracy: it was distinguished for constancy and good faith. The modern self-named democracy lacks all these characteristics: they have no distinguishing traits but recklessness, rant, and pretension. If called democrats at all, the name should bo accompanied with a prefix to signify the kind of democrats meant Blaii-pkmocuats. DEFALCATION'OK TIKIS. ARMSTRONG, LATE FEDERAL TREASURER OF LOGAN COUNTY. A lengthy article appears in the last licllifuntaine Gazelle mid is republished villi a magnificent parade of words, by way of einbclli.-hmcnt, in last evening's Juurnnl attempting to exculpate tho lain Federal Treasurer of that county from the charge of dishones. ly. and attributing the whole difficulty lo iho official mismanagement of Mr. linviN, eililor of this paper, dining his administration of the officii of Slate Auditor. As Mr. Bryan will be again at his post before tbn issue of another number, wo (the pro lem. editor) shall refrain from any notice of the subject, further limn to Bay, that knowing an important part of t lie talo to be untrue, we presume the whole story will be proved totally and federally false llulldin. Any way you choose to fix it, gentlemen. Mr. Bryan's pro lem presumes "the whole story can be proved totally and federally false;" and if so, then Mr. Brough has got to bear the brunt of the " Federal" falsehood, if any there be. It is distinctly stated in tho Bellcfontaine Gazette that Mr. Brough "expressly charged" the blitn-tiering upon Mr. Bryan and cxoncrutetl MrArin- stroii". Tho "whole story" is now between the two massy worthies who have had tho control of the State Auditor's oflicc for the last seven years. We shall follow the conliovcrsy up, and give our readers Iho tackings and wheelings, the twistings and turnings of the functionaries to turn tho blame upon as honest a man as ever drew breath in Logan county. Query If Mr. Armstrong is " exonerated" from iho charge of being a defaulter, will the editor of the Statesman do him the justice lo retract tho charge he has made against him! Wc shall see. BRING OUT THE LIST. The Statesman says " Wo shall give, some of these days, a whole list of those Whig defaulters, with tlay and date and amount, fcc. &c." Wo say bring out the list, and perhaps it can be shown that tho defalcation will not lodge on tho shoulders of tho County Treasurers. Bring out the list. Bring it out, wo say. We want tho people of Ohio to see Iho cream of the joke, in relation lo thoso defaulters. Don't back out now. There is no British influence in this business. The people must sec llie list! (ly Tho federal papers throughout this Slate seem to have a peculiar spito at tho Statesman. Nothing; seems loo vile or meau for them to hunt up and pub-lull. Statesman. Perhaps there is no creature extant who has more cause to bo annoyed by having things hunt- td up and published than ho of tin) Statesman. The more you hunt up and publish about an hon est man tho better he likes it; but when a person thinks nothing " loo vile" lo do, it annoys him extremely lo havo his nclions afterwards hunted vp and published. The thing is magnifying its con- sequence overmuch by supposing itself iho object of peculiar spito. No ono will deny, however, that it excites peculiar loathing and disgust in the minds of most persons who have regard for the decencies of life. The Statesman, speaking of tho Locofoco nomination in Pickaway county, says : "On. Morgan, of Circleville, was also a candidate hefi'M the cmiveniinn, but unlike a Democrat of this count V, will cordially submit lo tho nomination. If this is not strictly adhered In, noiniunlions are useless, and all confidence in men is nt an end. That man who will lic-l trust his fellow citizens should not be misled by them. This is fair, certainly." Oh, ho, Mr. Saunders, do you tako tho dig intended in this modest cxlract. " That man who will not trust his fellow citizens, should not ho trusted by thcni " or in other words, because you think proper to take an independent course, your hone-sly is suspected. Well, ibis is an unkind cut, but you and tho crack democrat of the Statesman for it. We merely ask for information. How is it! Iu former years, under the eternal bank Blang sys tem, it was tho practice of tho loco focos to casl up to candidates, (if they wcro such,) that ihey were bank borrowers. This year ihey arc niuin, but have changed the war cry to "contractors!" contractors'!" Ta it because Samuel Medarv I,..- h i... !. f'mn,nr!l Tt.,,1, r.P " ce.u... " " iiiiciimau, uiai llie oiu war-wuuiip nag cuaseu iu be hoard by tho ears of tho faithful and echoed through "the tall and slender hickory saplings" of Ohio! It smells like it really. COLUMBUS CITY BAND. The Band gives a Concert ibis evening, in the State House. They honored our editorial self with a serenade, last night, that left us dreaming until morning, of Arcadian groves and celestial harps. We con reciprocate their charming compliment in no better fashion than by wishing them a crowded auditory ibis evening. Mr. Starko, their instructor, has arranged for them a magnificent programme of the most new and fashionable pieces. THE REPUBLIC. Our predecessor of tho State Journal, and recently editor of tho Middlctown Mail, has, in conjunction with our friend, Mr. Halsey, purchased the Springfield Pioneer, and changed its title to that of "The Republic." We are glad to welcome our friend, Mr. Gallagher, in the lists of Whig editors. While conducting the "Mail" he perpiittcd his giant energies to slumber in an inglorious neutrality. He has awakened from li is slothful dream, and is now doing his devoir on tho crests of the Locofoco knights, with a gallantry that docs our heart good. CINCINNATI REPUBLICAN. Mr. Bradbury has retired from the Republican, and James II. Looker, its veteran publisher, has again resumed its direction. It is printed, if possible, more neatly than ever, and jts editorials bear the impress of a mind of no ordinary character. In polities, it is Whig, and advocates the nomination of Gen. Harrison for the Presidency. ARRIVAL VF THE LIVERPOOL. Tho foreign intelligence, brought by the Liver pool, is of much interest. Cotton had advanced in price id per lb. in tho Liverpool market on the 29th July. This item may serve to keep up the spirits of the American exporters. Q"A misprint was made in the last Journal. The league of " Government and Banks" spoken of, was mado by General Jackson's administration and not by the present Administration al though it wa3 done by tho same parly, a part of which now rules. For tlia Ohio State Journal. Mr. Eni-roa: A Pioneer of ths West, a citizen of Territorial limes, asks the privilege of your columns to express satisfaction with the nominations of the late Whig Convention, at Columbus. Our friends, who take tho deepest inlerest in tho prosperity of the county and State, may feel assured, that the selections have been mado under tho guidance of sound judg ment and correct principles; and, without detracting from the merits of Ihe nominees for other offices, as there is much cause to approve, tho selections for tho Senate and House of Representatives aro peculiarly happy. Sumo may think, perhaps, that Franklin county should supply tho Senator for the next term. But what, let mo ask, could any citizen of this cnunly have done fur tho interest of tho county of his residence, cr the great interests of the public, that Gen. Crcen has omitted! Nothing, fellow citizens of Franklin, nothing! Talents of a hjh order, industry, and influence, beyond what could have Iwea oipected from n member in the minority, were faithfully employed to promote every worthy object committed to his care. Such, in deed, was the correctness o( his course, as a gentle man and a statesman, and that course so generally known, and such his present experience, we may safe ly assume, that no oilier person could have been named, under existing circumstances, to the greater satisfaction of the friend of Whig principles in tho district. Iu regard to Ihe Representative candidate, litllo need he said to the peoplo of Franklin county. Although not experienced in tho f,rnu of legislation, Captain Buckley Comstock is known to all, as a practical tiusi- ticssmnnol the fust order, that his occupations have been various, in many a wide field of labor and enter prise, and all pursued to effect wilh sound discretion. And while, by Ihe most persevering efforts and strict economy, combined wilh generosity, he has gradually collected an ample estate for himself and numerous family which ho is raising to business and honor, I disparage no one vise, of many excellent men of our county, in saying that none has dons more, if so much, to assist tho community in their advances to conveniences, wealth and happiness. Hu understands well iho bearings. of public measures on local and private interests; and his votes in the General Assem bly, if elected lo that station, will, like his other acts, result to his own honor and the good of Ihe people. SHARON. Franklin Co., -?uA'. 80M, For tlic CAM Flnle Jourtml. Mn. Andiiew McElvain: Wo perceive in your communication to "Many Mo-chanics" among many things which are of no con sequence, being vagno generalities, tho truth of which nobody controverts, und which mean any thing or nothing, according to circumstances, yuu go on to say: " And should it please tho electors of the Senatorial district, composed of the counties of Pickaway ami Franklin, to promote mo to Iho office of Senator in tho General Assembly of Ohio, nothing will ho more consistent with my feelings, than to bo nhlu to relieve, in somo way or oilier, tho burdens that oppress tho mechanical interests of Iho Slate, of w hich " many mechanics" complain, as well as those of any oilier class." Mr. McElvain, nobody know, belter .ban yourself how much pains havo been taken lo gull us by tho mA ow ,11)t ist uf ', defalcations which .Statesman and Bulletin, and lo flattor u lo voto with has been laid hefuro tho American people, and enter- ihem. Wo nro not lo bo trilled with in this manner, lain a doubt ihallaruo sums oflheso deficits have been Wo respectfully ask of you what you will do, and ',,;J U". cIvclioiieeriuB purposes! Do you suppose, 1 ' f " fellow-citizens, that tho powers al oshinglun would what you mean lo say! hat sort of low do you ,,ave willk() peculations if no portion of the propose to pass! Wo desire to havo something more money had been devoted to tho service of tho party! definilo limn that it will bo "consistent with your Impossible A reasonablo porliun of iho money, in feelings" to do something "in some way or other." V' i."s"",cn' M T ""t ," '""'y "n o lionoering purposes. I'poa no other terms would thoso We earnestly ask yuu lo come out and slato your dufauU 'havo been so long relaincd. This is an plan in a plain understandable manner as you would implied simulation which has, no doubt, been faith-do if we should meet you In the street or work shop, fully complied with in every iiislince. We do not wish to treat you wilh disrespect or unwar rantable suspicion, but we have lately seen too many aticmpis ai incaerv, noi 10 oe on our guaro. .!, . . t J mm mi, Mr.-nil,iv IPS. For tlio Oiilo State Journal. Are yuu there oli Truepenny? Tho Locofocos are at their old game in Franklin county. Year be fur o last they expected to humbug a majority of the people into Oie belief that they would be eaten up, body, hat, breeches and shoes, by the Dunks, if they did not support one of the McElvain family for tho Senate. This game failed and last year another of the McElvain family was up for Congress, and Ihey were told that if they continued to support caucus nominations, they would bo completely under the thumbs of a few na bobs in Colu'nbus. This ruse was nullified and this year another of the McElvain family yes, wo believe Iwo or three of ll-.pni nro on the track for offices, and a new game, is to work their salvation if it is possible to succeed by it. Great lovo is to be expressed for iho mechanics, and great horror shown to Iho Penitentiary system. This is all right that a change is necessary in the Penitentiary system to protect the in terests of the mechanics, wc have no doubt, lo the Whig mechanics ws put those questions. Do you think you can find a man in the District who is more competent lo make known your complaints and de fend your interests, ilia" John L. Green t Wears sure there is not. Would Buckley Comstock, a man whom you know favorably, for his industry and enter-piise, would ho desert your interest! No, ho will be a faithful friend, and go as far to redress your wrongs as any other man in llin county. To those who aro Itimcit in their opposition to ihe Penitentiary system, wo throw out these questions for consideration. I hose who aro professing friendship fur the mechanics, to make political eapilal out of it, will pursue their unholy deceptions, though the Heavens should fall. Defeat, however, will crown their elforts. WORKIE. Cm.. Asimsw McElvaih. .Sir; As the policy of chartering a State Dank by our Legislature next winter, is being agitated in different parts of tho State, will you please inform iho public whether or no you are in favor of such on institution, and oblige, MANY VOTERS. Tot V. c Oiilo Btiito Journal. Stick a pin tiikhe. Tho Confederate publishes s letter said to have been written by one of iho "earliest and most steadfast" friends of iho Van Duren party, in which is contained the following : " A man who will advocate, for ever so small an of fice, an immoral person, is not a Democrat." Did Ihe Confederate mean by this to give an indi rect thrust at the Locofico caucus candidate fur Rep resentative in this county! Pray nh.il will Mr. Backus think of his chance, when his friends ud va cate such sentiments! Ql LUIS Y, For tlie Oiilo Bute Juuruit. Mn. Eoitoii: I find, in the Cincinnati Gazette of the 7th Inst., commended hytheeditnrto public notice, the following extract from tho lli-llefuutainc Gazette: I learn, from Ilia Auditor of Slate, that Mr. Ham mond's statements were taken from the reports of iho Canal r und Commissioners, an'l !lr. IMce s Irom the reports of the Hoard of Public orks: nnd that the rc- pints of the two Hoard differ just as the statements of Mr. Hammond and .Mr. 1 rice. J lie Mam Audllor.aiso, nforins mo that he has no means of ascertaining which of tho statements U correct. This shows tho glorious uncertainty and confusion in which the financial affairs of the State are involved." The "statements." in mv notico of a latfl article in ths Cincinnati Gazelle, are derived from Iho annual report of tho late Buard of Canal Vummissiuneri, dated January, 1S3D. 1 thought the article, upon which I commented, furnished quite conclusive inter nal evidence that llie sainedoeuni -nt had been used ny the writer also; but confusion and uncertainty may, it seems, involve, fuels, as well as "alfairs." For iho purpose of reducing confusion to order, and extracting certainty from uncertainty, reference to documentary evidence, in a matter of general interest, will probably prove quite as sure, nnd as satisfactory lo the pub lic, as relerence to hearsay and nir. inumnond is, perhaps, as well informed as any other person, concerning the sourco of Iho statements, in his "exposition."Ho having endorsed, bv republishing wi hnut dis sent or qualification, tho averment that tho reports of the two Hoards miter just as liissiutcmtnls and mine, and that his were taken from report of the ('anal Fund Commissioners, .air. Hammond will, perhaps, conclude that public opinion, even if it adopts ids own moderate estimate of thn value of hisstntemeuls, will acquit him of descending from the dignity of his position, should ho designate the specific official re ports ol the i' und i.nmmissioncrs wiin n auinuriz.' ins statement in Ihe Dellefnntaine Gazette, and in which his own statements of expenditures on Iho Public Works may be found. I'ho publio can then an and judge for themselves in a mailer concerning w hull they have an Interest In being correctly miormeii. w. it, riui. r,. From ttift Trojr invcitinlor ind Eijioillor. THE CAMPAIGN OF IC39. It nnshl not, nnd indeed cannot he disguised, that the Whigs of Ohio havo no slack or buy effort to make, if they will win back lo the banner of ihe constitution tho great Siala of Ohio, ot ths nppronching fall contest. This desirable object ran nuly he elTect-ed by a persevering and mighty etf.irl, in which, eve ry man WHO is not nil iliu enemy, suuil uu mis utmost toelVccithcir overthrow. The parly In b overcome, havo many decided nnd iinporiaul advantages over their opponents. In I lie first place, they nro under the niul exact and perfect discipline. 1 lie trained le- Igions of Cu'sar or of Alexander wcro not nioro obedient lo their respective commanders, than ihe rank and file of Ihu party seem lo ho lo tho commands ol their leaders. Throughout the entire ranks of that formidable party, there reigns tho most profound and (lo their reflecting opponents,) startling harmony. Nut a singln dissention not a jar not a whisper of disalVeclion is iu lie red to disturb the rem likable union lint prevails amongst them, indeed ll seems as though tho entire mass, which composo Iho rank and file of this party, havo submitted their consciences and iheir judgments, in all poliiical mailers, wholly to the keeping of llieir political leaders. A parly, formidable, by reason of numbers alone, w hich is thus blindly submissive to the arbitrary sway ol a band of olliee-hohling desperadoes, whose opinions are moulded and hannoniied.nnd whose actions are dictated and controlled by one common interest und feeling, that of preserving their pluces, perpetuating llieir power, is without denial, not to bneasily overcome. Again, this party derives vast sd vantage ovcrmeir '1 Zt Hi. And again, they havo the advantage of being flushed wilh recent victory. They routed the Whig parly at the fall election of 1838, horse, foot, and dragoon and havo an apparent majority over their opponents of some six thousand voles. Here, then, are union, money, apparent superiority of numbers, and the high impulse of recent victory all on their Side. Such are our enemies such their advantages. And with such an enemy before us, ought we to be too secure of aa easy victory. We say to you, fellow citizens, if we carry the Stato, wo mii6t fight for it. But notwithstanding we havo a formidable enemy, we havo no occasion to despair. We have one advantage over them, which, if wsll exercised, must secure us the victory. This advantage consists in the power of truth over corruption of right principles over wrong of the constitution and laws over ths subterfuges and evasions of convicted plunderers and faithless servants. In short, we have, In the recent exposures of iho oor-rosriondenea in iho Treasury Department, convicted tho parly of tho most gross and flagrant corruptions of which any parly, in any ago or country, wore over con victed. ithoiit gutng further into an investigaiion of the conduct of the party, we may safely take our sinnd here, and pointing to the enormous robberies de tected in this correspondence and nxea upon ine administration, nailed down upon them rivetted to their escutcheon implicating every department, from ths I." ........... J ,..l. .,a i.l. .. .Iiillni ll.a virtuous of their party to ultera single word inextenua- tion or defence. Let every Whig arm himself with the documents containing these alarming disclosures and take the field, not for the purpose of vociferating and wrangling with Iho leaders or the party, but lor tho purpose of convincing, if possible, Ihoso of the party who are accessible to the reason and demonstration of these documents that their public servants are no longer worthy of the confidence which is reposed in them that they have become corrupt, and that their patriotism and love of oounlry, if ever they possessed any, aro lost and swallowed up in their love of power and place, and their thirst for the people's gold. With thoso documents alone, Ihe victory can be won. As to Ihe small apparent majority with which the State was carried against the Whigs last fall, there is nothing in that which should dishearten us. Who cannot see that inhere can he brought to ths polls some half dozen Whigs in each township in the State, more than were broughtout last tall, the bints will again be redeemed from tho thraldom of Van Uuroniiml And who does not know that by a manly effort this can b effected! Hut if we will bring back the State to ths Whig ranks, wo must bo united. We have seen how compact and firm Ihe forces. of Ihe enemy are. To enter the field ai'ainst such opponents, with our forces divi ded by factions, and distracted by prejudices and partialities in favor of Ibis man and of that, wo must inevitably sutler discomfiture and defeat. We would not desiro to sec every w lug yield the keeping ol his conscience and his judgment to a set of parly leadors as the Vanitcs seem to nave done, but wo would have them so far suppress ths spirit of disaffection and disunion ns will enable us to present a firm and unbroken front to tho enemies of the constitution. The people, as distinguished from those who set themselves up for knowing ones and leaders, we are sure, are willing to give their united and hearty opposition lo the Van lluren party; and if our editors and leading politicians will cease Iheir clamors about thn chances of Clay and Harrison, and cordially uniting amongst themselves, will cultivate henceforward, a spirit of compromise and harmony among tho people, urging upon them in the mean lime the necessity of a universal turn out iu thu polls, we may expect to redeem the State. Indeed, we cannot fail. 'I'ho idea of these men quarrelling and wrangling at this lime, among themselves, ns to who shall have the State, reminds us forcibly of an anecdote that is related of our distinguished Col. Ethan Allen, of the revolutionary army. Col. A., it will be recollected, was, in Ihe onrly part of ihe war, nisdo prisoner by the British, and token to Loudon. Whilst there, on agent of the British ministry invited him to a privato conference. Taking the Col. into a room where no one was present but them-selves, llie minister spread out before him a map of ihe New England Colonial, and tracing out some one or two of ihe largest and richest of them, he says to the Colonel, " Do you lee, Mr. Allen, the district of country which 1 havo traced out I "loo, said the Colonel. "Well," continued the minister, "I am authorized to slate, that if you will accept of the office of Brigadier General in His Majesty's army go over and aid in subduing llie rebels, you shall bo made Governor of this district "f country. I make you this offer on the authority of my master, the king." Col. Allen made no immediate reply, but quietly folding his arms and looking demurely at the minister, after about a minute's pauso, he said, "I am a plain man, and havo read but fow books, but you may tell your master for me, that his proposal reminds me of an anecdote w hich I once rend in an old-fashioned book called, I believe, the Bible, in which it is related that one individual took another up into an exceeding high mountain, and pointing out to him all Ihe kingdoms of ihe earth, said to him, now, sir, if you will fall down and worship me, I will givo you all these kingdoms lor your ow n and at Iho same lime, Ihe poor devil making this fine offer, did not own a foot of land in tho whole world." The application of this anecdote is easy; it illustrates tho folly of our eternal wrangling about a candidate for the Presidency. Our motto is "principles, not men." Let us live up to it in action husli our inurmuiings, and buckle on our armor for the strife. Let us, at any rale, first make Ihe Stale a Whig State, and then it will bo time enough to bestow it upon the candidate of our choice. Let every man from this tuno forih think of nothing but war wilh our opponents, and ol devising measures for bringing lothe polls al ihe approaching election every voter who is opposed to tho misrule of the corrupt dynasty which has so long rioted oil Ihe treasures of llie people. from ttit Olde Siauamsa. bv aioccsT or MR. SAUtintaa. Aurit-M-i, Jug tut 13, 1839. FmsxD Mdbv, Sir : After mature reflection, I have come to the determination lo beennu t candidate fr the Legislature (at Ihe county of Franklin, at the nexi session, i ne act is priny own ires will, lour last Convention, w hich 1 did not enter, showed but litllo respect for me, after having fought, for Ihe last two years, faithfully as man could do reducing the opposition parly from a roajeriiy of from 0 to 700 to l.3. In 1437, my poll was I3jl); in 1838, itwai 1G74. It really seems that victory was about lo perch uport our party, huulial it could not he permitted lo perch upon the old soldier who had fought the battles for thirty years. I leave Iho matter for Ilia people lo decide. Your obedient servant, MIMvli:LL SAUNDERS. N. B. I wish you to publish lbs above communication in each of your pax-ri. If any person wishes to know my reasons fur thus acting, ihey can have Ihem by seeing me at any lime. Please also insert my name as a candidate for Iho next ensuing election for Iho cuuuty of Franklin. MISKELL SAUNDERS. MEETING OF THE PEOPLE ON SATURDAY NEXT. Vu the Editor ' fe Ohio State Journal) Sir: Dy iho authority of upwards of three hundred mechanics and labeling men in Columbus, and many farmers in iho county, you aro respectfully requested to stato in your next paper, thai Saturday next Iho 2lih instant, at 3 o'clock P. M. is the day and hour appointed fur a meeting of THE PEOPLE of Franklin county, al Ihe Court Home in Columbus, Ihe object of which is to nominate a ticket independent of cither of the caucuses. Of courso, advocates of the Caucus nomination will take no pari in ths proceedings. THE PEOPLE. MAHItlKD, In tliW tllr oa la 20tH led., by Thomu Wool, Eaq., Mr. At.F.XANDKR II. KKI.LOliU.to Mia M ARY ANN IIULl , ill of ihli til.